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• Introduced by Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, (D-Seattle) (D) on January 25, 2005, to direct the Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development to establish a reinvesting in youth program that awards grants to counties for implementing research-based early intervention services that target juvenile justice-involved youth and reduce crime. The bill establishes a reinvesting in youth account in the state treasury, and sets forth the procedures for obtaining grants. See Companion SB 5567.
  • Referred to the House Juvenile Justice & Family Law Committee on January 25, 2005.
  • Substitute offered to the House Juvenile Justice & Family Law Committee on February 9, 2005, to remove the requirements for specific calculations of cost savings and methodologies of state and local savings for the program and replace the calculations with a more direct funding requirement and requires the department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development to determine the distribution formula for the expanded program. A cap is also placed on the amount of funding to be provided to the largest county in the program.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 14, 2005.
  • Substitute offered to the House Appropriations Committee on March 2, 2005, to change the agency responsible for the grants to the DSHS Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration from CTED, limits the pilot grants to $997,000, eliminates the transfer of funds, eliminates ongoing reports, and includes a null and void clause.
  • The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on March 10, 2005.
  • Referred to the House Rules Committee on March 7, 2005.
• Passed in the House (85 to 0) on March 10, 2005, to establish a reinvesting in youth pilot program. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received to the Senate on March 12, 2005.
  • Referred to the Senate Human Services & Corrections Committee on March 12, 2005.
  • Amendment offered to the Senate on April 1, 2005, by the Senate Human Services and Corrections Committee, to substitute the Family Policy Council for the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration everywhere it was referenced in the original bill.
  • Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on April 4, 2005.
• Received in the House on January 9, 2006.
  • Referred to the House Juvenile Justice & Family Law Committee on January 9, 2006.
  • Substitute offered to the House Juvenile Justice & Family Law Committee on January 17, 2006, to expand the Reinvesting in Youth Pilot Program to all counties. It also adds language directing the JRA to create a distribution formula that allocates funds based on the savings to the state. It also makes technical changes and changes the effective date.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on January 20, 2006.
  • Substitute offered to the House Appropriations Committee on January 31, 2006.
  • The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on February 9, 2006.
• Passed in the House (98 to 0) on February 9, 2006, to establish a reinvesting in youth pilot program. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on February 10, 2006.
  • Referred to the Senate Human Services & Corrections Committee on February 10, 2006.
• Passed in the Senate (47 to 0) on March 3, 2006, to establish a reinvesting in youth pilot program. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Christine Gregoire on March 29, 2006, to establish a reinvesting in youth pilot program.